Angola High School - Key Yearbook (Angola, IN)

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Lily Mortar (Amy Hirons). glances at her notes while teaching the art of elocution to the girls as Janet (Georgia Knotek) reads on to occupy her mind. Martha Dobie (Mary Stoudinger) defends her point during a discussion with her aunt about Karen’s marriage. In the limelight of the Angola High School stage, the Thespians dramatized the play A Different Drummer as the fall production. Cast as Royal Barnhill. Lynn Sherer portrays a young man attempting to become a professional trumpet player. Recently being fired from his bank position. Barnhill auditions for a job in a big band. Disappointed by not being accepted, he is convinced by Jessie (Mark King) to fight Chief Roaring Tiger (Jon Onofrietti). After his victory in the brawl, Barn hill is interviewed for magazine articles and newspapers. The townspeople now notice Royal, but he decides that publicity is not for him. In this play, two Greek choruses were used. The first, the Objective Chorus, made of Debbie Penrod. Laura Vorndran. Astrid Cook, Janice Erwin, Mark Russell, and Pat Zdawczyk posed as the narrators of the play, townspeople, and reporters. The second chorus, the Royal Chorus. vocalized some of Royal’s intermost thoughts. This chorus was only heard by Royal and the audience which made for some witty lines. Karen Wright (Patrice Crimmins) takes a break from grading her classes’ papers during a conversation with Martha. Students from the Wright-Dobie School for Girls. (Elizabeth Headley. Susan Ireland. Martha Hipskind. Cyndi Jones. Tracey Grimes. Stephanie Sheets, and Karen Lin), find studying Cleopatra very boring. With a fresh cast for the winter play. The Thespians dramatized A Children's Hour . Patrice Crimmins (Karen Wright) and Mary Stoudinger (Martha Dobie) portrayed teachers in the Wright-Dobie School for Girls. Astrid Cook (Mary Tilford), a girl who didn't obey the schools' rules, was punished for her misbehavior. In order to avoid punishment, Mary fled to her grandmother and lied about the relationship between the instructors at the school. A libel suit was brought against Mary’s grandmother by the teachers for spreading this untrue rumor. The teachers lost the suit and to escape her guilty feelings, Martha took her own life. WIN UR PLAY 17

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Father Barnhill (Jeff Bledsoe) clad in his boxing attire, tries to convince Royal (Lynn Sherer) and the Royal Chorus (Tracey Grimes. Ann Kirkman. Vonda Roberts, and Leigh Anne Woodruff) that he is really the famous boxer Jack Dempsey. Donald (Eric Simons) skillfully pitches the newspaper onto the porch while making his daily route. The objective chorus (Astrid Cook. Janice Erwin. Pat Zdawczyk. Laura Vorndran. Deb Penrod) voice their opinion of Royal (Lynn Sherer) who is trying not to listen.

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Jfl€ iti€8 pvtice ipiitrc jii «jiLe The word assembly is treasured by Angola High School students. Forfeiting one hour of the school day or missing activity period is a welcome gift. Pep Club and Student Council filled the bill. Pep assemblies were held to raise spirit before upcoming athletic events. They were also a time to introduce the teams as the new sports’ seasons arrived. Preplanned pie surprises or a secret admirer’s cake ending up in a coach’s face were frequent occurrences. Besides the tug of war, boys against girls basketball contest, rigged banana eating competition. Mr. Legs pageant, and class challenges, the main objective was to build spirit! Student Council sponsored an assembly every month during a different period of the day. In September, the students were treated to the music of folk singer. Ed Kilborne. Larry Daniels, who returned in November after a two year absence, showed the student body the art of self-defense with some demonstrations including students. A graduate of Angola, Reed Steele, returned to his alma mater in December to perform a mime program. A different type of assembly was offered in February with non-competative games in which large student groups participated in relays and El Tigre. A slide presentation entitled Everyday Heroes’’ filled the March agenda. Rampage, a rock band, performed for the student body on April Fool's Day and returned at night for a two hour concert. Hypnotist, Ron Hutchings, finished the year by mesmerizing a group of students in May. Dressed to kill in their high fashion outfits, wild and crazy girls. Jodi Sprague and Beth Clark, try to get picked up” for the Regional game. Dave Martin and Jack Fraley scramble to locate their respective letters as Ed Steele. Jody Flochderf-fer. and Brian Saunders trail a step or two behind. 18 ASSEMBLIES